In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran in Bihar to support the peasants there. European planters were forcing these peasants to grow which crop?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Indigo
At Champaran the peasants were forced by European planters to grow indigo on part of their land under an oppressive plantation system. Gandhi’s satyagraha of 1917, his first in India, led to an official enquiry, and the system was ended.